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Aaron Craft, research scientist with the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA, was recently awarded the 2019 ASTM International James A. Thomas President’s Leadership Award. The President’s Leadership Award recognizes individuals early in their ASTM International career who have significantly advanced ASTM’s mission through extraordinary accomplishment, example, and vision. The…
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ASTM International’s committee on engine coolants and related fluids ( D15 ) presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Edward R. Eaton, Sr., managing consultant, Laboratory Holdings LLC, in Litchfield Park, Arizona, USA. The prestigious award, which includes the accompanying title of fellow, is ASTM’s highest recognition for individual contributions to developing standards. The…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel+1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, , Release #10800
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William Quinn, department manager – laboratory services, Terracon Consultants, Glendale Heights, Illinois, USA, was honored with the Woodland G. Shockley Memorial Award by ASTM International’s soil and rock committee ( D18 ). Quinn was honored for his exceptional and long meritorious service to the activities of the committee. He has previously been recognized with the Laboratory Participants…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #10799
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A new ASTM International standard will help manufacturers in the aerospace, power generation, and automotive industries test parts for defects. The organization’s nondestructive testing committee ( E07 ) developed the standard (soon to be published as E3213). Through process compensated resonance testing (PCRT), parts from planes, cars, and more can be tested for defects by vibrating the part…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Kristy Straiton, tel +1.610.832.9640; kstraiton@astm.org Release #10792
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A new ASTM International standard could help improve the properties of soils used for landscape beds, sports fields, and golf courses. The organization’s committee on soil and rock ( D18 ) created the new standard ( D8249 ). The standard covers material characteristics, physical requirements, and sampling for using “rotary kiln produced porous ceramic material” in topsoils. This material can…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Katerina Koperna, tel +1.610.832.9728; kkoperna@astm.org Release #10762
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Kendra Adams, president of Blue Rock Labs, Inc., in Littleton, Colorado, USA, was honored with the A. Ivan Johnson Outstanding Achievement Award by ASTM International’s committee on soil and rock ( D18 ). Adams was honored for her outstanding and significant contributions to the committee. She has previously been awarded the Richard S. Ladd Standards Development Award (2014, 2017). An ASTM…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #10746
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Keith Rademacher, was honored with the A. Ivan Johnson Outstanding Achievement Award by ASTM International’s committee on soil and rock ( D18 ). Rademacher was honored for outstanding and significant contributions to the committee. He was previously awarded the A. Ivan Johnson Outstanding Achievement Award (1999), the Woodland G. Shockley Memorial Award (2003), and the Award of Merit – ASTM…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #10745
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A new ASTM International standard aims to help engineers install deep foundations – also known as piles – for major construction projects. ASTM’s soil-and-rock committee ( D18 ) developed the new standard ( D8232 ), which describes test procedures that help measure the inclination of deep foundation elements, including in the excavation stage. “The construction of deep foundations, or piles, as…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Katerina Koperna, tel +1.610.832.9728; kkoperna@astm.org Release #10731
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A new ASTM International standard aims to provide a nondestructive testing alternative that helps reveal imperfections in pipe joints used for gas and water. Specifically, the standard describes how phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) can test electrofusion joints in polyethylene pipe systems in the field, either during installation or in service. “Normally, the integrity of these pipe joints…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Kristy Straiton, tel +1.610.832.9640; kstraiton@astm.org Release #10693
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Sarkis Aroyan, director of cooling systems division with the Dober Group in Woodridge, Illinois, USA, was honored with the Daniel H. Green Award by ASTM International’s committee on engine coolants ( D15 ). Aroyan, an ASTM International member since 2006, was recognized for his many years of outstanding service and active participation in the committee. Aroyan has served in his current…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #10692